Happy Birthday to us @graceburns! On the eve of your birthday last night, I couldn’t sleep because those same feelings of excitement and anticipation were so present as I lay there in the same bed I labored in. As I walked through the neighborhood this morning where I was pregnant with you and where the home we have created as a family and all the childhood memories remain, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. It’s so hard to comprehend how quickly these 22 years have flown by sometimes and then also as if we’ve know one another for centuries. You continue to amaze me since the moment we met – in countless ways. Your poise, sensibility, and determination are unrivaled in my mind, and my vocabulary is too limited to express all the qualities that you embody. As with each and every milestone and accomplishment earned this far, I know you’re just getting started. Your birthday was one of the best days of my life, and you are a constant reminder of why I work so hard to ensure other mothers have that experience too. I love you more each and every day. 💗
Happy Birthday to us @graceburns! On the eve of your birthday last night, I couldn’t sleep because those same feelings of excitement and anticipation were so present as I lay there in the same bed I labored in. As I walked through the neighborhood this morning where I was pregnant with you and where the home we have created as a family and all the childhood memories remain, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. It’s so hard to comprehend how quickly these 22 years have flown by sometimes and then also as if we’ve know one another for centuries. You continue to amaze me since the moment we met – in countless ways. Your poise, sensibility, and determination are unrivaled in my mind, and my vocabulary is too limited to express all the qualities that you embody. As with each and every milestone and accomplishment earned this far, I know you’re just getting started. Your birthday was one of the best days of my life, and you are a constant reminder of why I work so hard to ensure other mothers have that experience too. I love you more each and every day. 💗
Happy Birthday to us @graceburns! On the eve of your birthday last night, I couldn’t sleep because those same feelings of excitement and anticipation were so present as I lay there in the same bed I labored in. As I walked through the neighborhood this morning where I was pregnant with you and where the home we have created as a family and all the childhood memories remain, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. It’s so hard to comprehend how quickly these 22 years have flown by sometimes and then also as if we’ve know one another for centuries. You continue to amaze me since the moment we met – in countless ways. Your poise, sensibility, and determination are unrivaled in my mind, and my vocabulary is too limited to express all the qualities that you embody. As with each and every milestone and accomplishment earned this far, I know you’re just getting started. Your birthday was one of the best days of my life, and you are a constant reminder of why I work so hard to ensure other mothers have that experience too. I love you more each and every day. 💗
Happy Birthday to us @graceburns! On the eve of your birthday last night, I couldn’t sleep because those same feelings of excitement and anticipation were so present as I lay there in the same bed I labored in. As I walked through the neighborhood this morning where I was pregnant with you and where the home we have created as a family and all the childhood memories remain, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. It’s so hard to comprehend how quickly these 22 years have flown by sometimes and then also as if we’ve know one another for centuries. You continue to amaze me since the moment we met – in countless ways. Your poise, sensibility, and determination are unrivaled in my mind, and my vocabulary is too limited to express all the qualities that you embody. As with each and every milestone and accomplishment earned this far, I know you’re just getting started. Your birthday was one of the best days of my life, and you are a constant reminder of why I work so hard to ensure other mothers have that experience too. I love you more each and every day. 💗
Happy Birthday to us @graceburns! On the eve of your birthday last night, I couldn’t sleep because those same feelings of excitement and anticipation were so present as I lay there in the same bed I labored in. As I walked through the neighborhood this morning where I was pregnant with you and where the home we have created as a family and all the childhood memories remain, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. It’s so hard to comprehend how quickly these 22 years have flown by sometimes and then also as if we’ve know one another for centuries. You continue to amaze me since the moment we met – in countless ways. Your poise, sensibility, and determination are unrivaled in my mind, and my vocabulary is too limited to express all the qualities that you embody. As with each and every milestone and accomplishment earned this far, I know you’re just getting started. Your birthday was one of the best days of my life, and you are a constant reminder of why I work so hard to ensure other mothers have that experience too. I love you more each and every day. 💗
Happy Birthday to us @graceburns! On the eve of your birthday last night, I couldn’t sleep because those same feelings of excitement and anticipation were so present as I lay there in the same bed I labored in. As I walked through the neighborhood this morning where I was pregnant with you and where the home we have created as a family and all the childhood memories remain, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. It’s so hard to comprehend how quickly these 22 years have flown by sometimes and then also as if we’ve know one another for centuries. You continue to amaze me since the moment we met – in countless ways. Your poise, sensibility, and determination are unrivaled in my mind, and my vocabulary is too limited to express all the qualities that you embody. As with each and every milestone and accomplishment earned this far, I know you’re just getting started. Your birthday was one of the best days of my life, and you are a constant reminder of why I work so hard to ensure other mothers have that experience too. I love you more each and every day. 💗
Happy Birthday to us @graceburns! On the eve of your birthday last night, I couldn’t sleep because those same feelings of excitement and anticipation were so present as I lay there in the same bed I labored in. As I walked through the neighborhood this morning where I was pregnant with you and where the home we have created as a family and all the childhood memories remain, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. It’s so hard to comprehend how quickly these 22 years have flown by sometimes and then also as if we’ve know one another for centuries. You continue to amaze me since the moment we met – in countless ways. Your poise, sensibility, and determination are unrivaled in my mind, and my vocabulary is too limited to express all the qualities that you embody. As with each and every milestone and accomplishment earned this far, I know you’re just getting started. Your birthday was one of the best days of my life, and you are a constant reminder of why I work so hard to ensure other mothers have that experience too. I love you more each and every day. 💗
Happy Birthday to us @graceburns! On the eve of your birthday last night, I couldn’t sleep because those same feelings of excitement and anticipation were so present as I lay there in the same bed I labored in. As I walked through the neighborhood this morning where I was pregnant with you and where the home we have created as a family and all the childhood memories remain, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. It’s so hard to comprehend how quickly these 22 years have flown by sometimes and then also as if we’ve know one another for centuries. You continue to amaze me since the moment we met – in countless ways. Your poise, sensibility, and determination are unrivaled in my mind, and my vocabulary is too limited to express all the qualities that you embody. As with each and every milestone and accomplishment earned this far, I know you’re just getting started. Your birthday was one of the best days of my life, and you are a constant reminder of why I work so hard to ensure other mothers have that experience too. I love you more each and every day. 💗
Happy Birthday to us @graceburns! On the eve of your birthday last night, I couldn’t sleep because those same feelings of excitement and anticipation were so present as I lay there in the same bed I labored in. As I walked through the neighborhood this morning where I was pregnant with you and where the home we have created as a family and all the childhood memories remain, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. It’s so hard to comprehend how quickly these 22 years have flown by sometimes and then also as if we’ve know one another for centuries. You continue to amaze me since the moment we met – in countless ways. Your poise, sensibility, and determination are unrivaled in my mind, and my vocabulary is too limited to express all the qualities that you embody. As with each and every milestone and accomplishment earned this far, I know you’re just getting started. Your birthday was one of the best days of my life, and you are a constant reminder of why I work so hard to ensure other mothers have that experience too. I love you more each and every day. 💗
Happy Birthday to us @graceburns! On the eve of your birthday last night, I couldn’t sleep because those same feelings of excitement and anticipation were so present as I lay there in the same bed I labored in. As I walked through the neighborhood this morning where I was pregnant with you and where the home we have created as a family and all the childhood memories remain, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. It’s so hard to comprehend how quickly these 22 years have flown by sometimes and then also as if we’ve know one another for centuries. You continue to amaze me since the moment we met – in countless ways. Your poise, sensibility, and determination are unrivaled in my mind, and my vocabulary is too limited to express all the qualities that you embody. As with each and every milestone and accomplishment earned this far, I know you’re just getting started. Your birthday was one of the best days of my life, and you are a constant reminder of why I work so hard to ensure other mothers have that experience too. I love you more each and every day. 💗
If ever there was a designer who could take you back in time, it was Valentino. Everything about the man, his atelier, and the family he surrounded himself with exuded a glamour of cinematic proportion. His was a lifestyle from a bygone era, one I was lucky to step into now and then for a time. Here are a few of my favorite images for @vogueitalia by @stevenmeisel from the early ’90s. ♥️ @realmrvalentino @maisonvalentino
If ever there was a designer who could take you back in time, it was Valentino. Everything about the man, his atelier, and the family he surrounded himself with exuded a glamour of cinematic proportion. His was a lifestyle from a bygone era, one I was lucky to step into now and then for a time. Here are a few of my favorite images for @vogueitalia by @stevenmeisel from the early ’90s. ♥️ @realmrvalentino @maisonvalentino
If ever there was a designer who could take you back in time, it was Valentino. Everything about the man, his atelier, and the family he surrounded himself with exuded a glamour of cinematic proportion. His was a lifestyle from a bygone era, one I was lucky to step into now and then for a time. Here are a few of my favorite images for @vogueitalia by @stevenmeisel from the early ’90s. ♥️ @realmrvalentino @maisonvalentino
Yesterday was this little lady’s birthday. 86 never looked so good! What can I tell you about Elizabeth that you might not understand from this video? Not much! She’s one of a kind, our mother. She loves to sing in numerous genres and languages. She wants your undivided attention when she speaks. You name a place or movie star she’s seen or met in the air, she has a story for you – it might be a long one so get comfortable and do not interrupt, or the story will only get longer. LT, you make us laugh. You make us cry. You drive us crazy. But we all know how lucky we are to have you and to celebrate life with you as often as we do. Feliz Compleanos, Madre! Te amo mucho, mucho, mucho! 💗💗💗
Don’t miss Christy Turlington on the most recent episode of Fashion Neurosis. Available now on Spotify, Apple, Substack, and YouTube. Series links in bio. Painting by @maluettt #fashionneurosiswithbellafreud @bella_freud @cturlington
Christy Turlington Burns is the Founder and President of Every Mother Counts. Christy’s work in maternal health began after she experienced a childbirth-related complication in 2003—an experience that inspired her to direct and produce the documentary feature film, No Woman, No Cry, about the challenges women face throughout pregnancy and childbirth around the world. Under Christy’s leadership, over the past 15 years Every Mother Counts has invested nearly $50 million to support awareness raising, community-led solutions, and advocacy for systems change, with the goal of ensuring that the maternal health journey before, during, and after childbirth is safe, respectful, and equitable for everyone, everywhere. Before founding EMC, Christy received international acclaim as a model representing the world’s biggest fashion and beauty brands which she leveraged to become a health and wellness advocate. She authored a book about yoga, Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice (Hyperion 2002), edited the book, Arrival Stories: Women Share Their Experiences of Becoming Mothers (Random House 2022) with Amy Schumer, and served as an executive producer for the 2023 Apple TV documentary series, The Super Models. In 2025, Christy was named to the inaugural TIME100 Philanthropy list as one of the most influential people shaping the future of giving, and she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from New York University in 2023. Christy graduated Cum Laude from NYU’s Gallatin School of Independent Studies and studied Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She has completed 10 Marathons on behalf of Team EMC and lives in New York City. In this episode of Fashion Neurosis, Bella Freud and Christy Turlington discuss being roommates with Naomi Campbell, whether George Michael had a crush on Linda Evangelista, and advocating for women’s health. Launching tomorrow, 21st January. Series links in bio. #fashionneurosiswithbellafreud @bella_freud @cturlington
Christy Turlington Burns is the Founder and President of Every Mother Counts. Christy’s work in maternal health began after she experienced a childbirth-related complication in 2003—an experience that inspired her to direct and produce the documentary feature film, No Woman, No Cry, about the challenges women face throughout pregnancy and childbirth around the world. Under Christy’s leadership, over the past 15 years Every Mother Counts has invested nearly $50 million to support awareness raising, community-led solutions, and advocacy for systems change, with the goal of ensuring that the maternal health journey before, during, and after childbirth is safe, respectful, and equitable for everyone, everywhere. Before founding EMC, Christy received international acclaim as a model representing the world’s biggest fashion and beauty brands which she leveraged to become a health and wellness advocate. She authored a book about yoga, Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice (Hyperion 2002), edited the book, Arrival Stories: Women Share Their Experiences of Becoming Mothers (Random House 2022) with Amy Schumer, and served as an executive producer for the 2023 Apple TV documentary series, The Super Models. In 2025, Christy was named to the inaugural TIME100 Philanthropy list as one of the most influential people shaping the future of giving, and she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from New York University in 2023. Christy graduated Cum Laude from NYU’s Gallatin School of Independent Studies and studied Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She has completed 10 Marathons on behalf of Team EMC and lives in New York City. In this episode of Fashion Neurosis, Bella Freud and Christy Turlington discuss being roommates with Naomi Campbell, whether George Michael had a crush on Linda Evangelista, and advocating for women’s health. Launching tomorrow, 21st January. Series links in bio. #fashionneurosiswithbellafreud @bella_freud @cturlington
To live in it.
To live in it.
This one means a LOT: I’m honored to share that I’ll be speaking at the Anarcha, Lucy, Betsey Day of Reckoning Conference in Alabama next month! This is NOT just another conference. It’s a room full of doulas, midwives, clinicians, physicians, professors, and community leaders who are doing the REAL work of changing maternal and reproductive health in this country. 🙏🏾 I’ll be speaking alongside people whose work I’ve deeply admired. Voices that have shaped how we talk about history, harm, healing, and what accountability in medicine should actually look like. And there are more names coming. More voices. More moments that are going to matter. If you care about where maternal health is headed or if you believe justice belongs in medicine…this is a space worth being in! (Link in bio for more details) @themothersofgynecology
This one means a LOT: I’m honored to share that I’ll be speaking at the Anarcha, Lucy, Betsey Day of Reckoning Conference in Alabama next month! This is NOT just another conference. It’s a room full of doulas, midwives, clinicians, physicians, professors, and community leaders who are doing the REAL work of changing maternal and reproductive health in this country. 🙏🏾 I’ll be speaking alongside people whose work I’ve deeply admired. Voices that have shaped how we talk about history, harm, healing, and what accountability in medicine should actually look like. And there are more names coming. More voices. More moments that are going to matter. If you care about where maternal health is headed or if you believe justice belongs in medicine…this is a space worth being in! (Link in bio for more details) @themothersofgynecology
This one means a LOT: I’m honored to share that I’ll be speaking at the Anarcha, Lucy, Betsey Day of Reckoning Conference in Alabama next month! This is NOT just another conference. It’s a room full of doulas, midwives, clinicians, physicians, professors, and community leaders who are doing the REAL work of changing maternal and reproductive health in this country. 🙏🏾 I’ll be speaking alongside people whose work I’ve deeply admired. Voices that have shaped how we talk about history, harm, healing, and what accountability in medicine should actually look like. And there are more names coming. More voices. More moments that are going to matter. If you care about where maternal health is headed or if you believe justice belongs in medicine…this is a space worth being in! (Link in bio for more details) @themothersofgynecology
This one means a LOT: I’m honored to share that I’ll be speaking at the Anarcha, Lucy, Betsey Day of Reckoning Conference in Alabama next month! This is NOT just another conference. It’s a room full of doulas, midwives, clinicians, physicians, professors, and community leaders who are doing the REAL work of changing maternal and reproductive health in this country. 🙏🏾 I’ll be speaking alongside people whose work I’ve deeply admired. Voices that have shaped how we talk about history, harm, healing, and what accountability in medicine should actually look like. And there are more names coming. More voices. More moments that are going to matter. If you care about where maternal health is headed or if you believe justice belongs in medicine…this is a space worth being in! (Link in bio for more details) @themothersofgynecology
This one means a LOT: I’m honored to share that I’ll be speaking at the Anarcha, Lucy, Betsey Day of Reckoning Conference in Alabama next month! This is NOT just another conference. It’s a room full of doulas, midwives, clinicians, physicians, professors, and community leaders who are doing the REAL work of changing maternal and reproductive health in this country. 🙏🏾 I’ll be speaking alongside people whose work I’ve deeply admired. Voices that have shaped how we talk about history, harm, healing, and what accountability in medicine should actually look like. And there are more names coming. More voices. More moments that are going to matter. If you care about where maternal health is headed or if you believe justice belongs in medicine…this is a space worth being in! (Link in bio for more details) @themothersofgynecology
